vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-37600

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 28, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file. NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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